Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
Norwich Film Festival is proud to reveal its largest ever line-up of 133 short films screening in venues & online during its 11th edition in November 2021. The selection showcases some of the most exciting narrative, documentary and animated filmmaking talent around.
This year’s shorts programme includes an outstanding selection of regional, national and international films, curated from 1291 submissions – the largest number of submissions received in the history of the festival.
Following the success of last year’s online edition of the festival during the November lockdown, Norwich Film Festival 2021 will take place in a hybrid format, with short film screenings taking place both online and in venues. Exact details, the full programme of festival events and ticketing information will be available in the coming months.
Kellen Playford (Founder & Lead Consultant) said:
“Although the last 18 months have seen unprecedented difficulties for people working in the creative industries, we have been overwhelmed with the sheer amount of quality films that have been produced and submitted to our festival this year. We’re extremely thankful and excited that we are able to put on a hybrid festival for 2021, mixing our traditional venue-based events with online screenings, showcasing some of the best short films to audiences all around the world. We’re so proud of what we’re putting together and can’t wait to welcome audiences back this November – whether you’re joining us in-person, online or both!”
The selection features a wide range of bold and innovative stories from around the world, with the wide-ranging subject matters catering for audiences of all ages and tastes.
Famous names which can be seen throughout the selection include Stephen Fry, Himesh Patel (Yesterday), Michael Smiley (Kill List), Matthew Kelly (Stars In Their Eyes), Felicity Montagu (This Time with Alan Partridge), Hugh Skinner (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us), David Bradley (Harry Potter), Simon Amstell (Benjamin), Joanna Scanlan (After Love) and Bukky Bakray (Rocks).
Competing in six award categories, the films span all genres and represent a total of 21 countries. There is also an out-of-competition ‘One Minute Movie’ category, in which filmmakers are challenged to create a film lasting exactly sixty seconds.
Nominees for the festival’s prestigious awards will be announced in due course and will be judged by a world-class panel of Industry Judges, including actor Michael Sheen, television and radio presenter Edith Bowman and comedy actor Jessica Hynes.
Click here to view the full Official Selection
British Short Film
7 Bananas (Dir. Daisy Moore)
Adrift (Dir. Samuel de Ceccatty)
Birthday Boy (Dir. Leo Lebeau)
Bound (Dir. Joe Carter)
Calving (Dir. Louis Bhose)
Clean (Dir. Richard Paris Wilson)
Don vs Lightning (Dir. Johnny Burns & Pier van Tijn)
Edicius (Dir. Uzo Oleh)
Enjoy (Dir. Saul Abraham)
Familiar (Dir. David J. Ellison)
Fjällnäs (Dir. Megan Maczko)
Her Majesty (Dir. Rebekah Fortune)
Hey, Ma (Dir. Laurie Barraclough)
Hope (Dir. Shaun James Grant)
Just Delivered (Dir. Rosie Gaunt-Mathieson)
Just in Case (Dir. Kirsty Robinson-Ward)
Kafkas (Dir. Nick Blake)
L A R A (Dir. George Blagden)
Lasagne (Dir. Hannah Hill)
Lifelike (Dir. Keith Allott)
Love is a Hand Grenade (Dir. Jessica Benhamou)
Nuclear Sea (Dir. Joe Starrs)
Pas de Deux (Dir. Rebekah Fortune)
Pedwar (Dir. Sam Johnson)
PLEASE CARE! (Dir. Bertie Gilbert)
Portrayed (Dir. Nicole Rixon & Ryan Goodman)
Reavey Brothers (Dir. John Reavey)
Roy (Dir. Tom Berkeley & Ross White)
Salt Water Town (Dir. Dan Thorburn)
Sea Dragon (Dir. James Morgan)
Split Sole (Dir. Barnaby Boulton)
Sweatbox (Dir. Anna Herrmann)
Taj Mahal presents… A Short Film (Dir. David Dearlove)
Tap Boy (Dir. Will Kenning)
Thank You So Much (Dir. Tomasz Frymorgen)
The Cost of Living (Dir. Alice Trueman)
The Dinner Party (Dir. Simon Neal)
The Gospel According to Gail (Dir. Florence Winter Hill)
The Nicky Nack (Dir. Tom Oxenham)
The Octopus Nest (Dir. John Michell)
The Tunnel (Dir. Arash Ashtiani)
Timekeeper (Dir. Chris Godwin)
Whore #4 (Dir. Florence Winter Hill)
International Short Film
Anita (Dir. Sushma Khadepaun)
Barrier (Dir. Niels Bourgonje)
Behind (Dir. Yili Li)
Blue Bison (Dir. Camrus Johnson & Stefano Pennisi)
Choulequec (Dir. Benoit Blanc & Matthias Girbig)
Cocoon Love (Dir. Xiaowen Wang)
DEVEK (Dir. Uriya Hertz)
Dye Red (Dir. Vittoria Campaner)
Faleminderit (Dir. Nicolas Neuhold)
Leylak (Dir. Scott Aharoni & Dennis Latos)
Liminal (Dir. Dan Abramovici)
Only a Child (Dir. Simone Giampaolo)
Pelo Lacio (Dir. Diane Russo)
Pipo and Blind Love (Dir. Hugo Le Gourrierec)
Pussy Boo (Dir. Rémi Parisse)
Receiver (Dir. Cavan Campbell)
Rekonstruktio (Dir. Pia Andell)
Rough (Dir. Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson)
Silence Undone (Dir. Kristjan Knigge)
Snooze (Dir. Adam Collins)
Squish (Dir. Xavier Seron)
Surviviers (Dir. Carlos Gómez-Trigo)
The Exit Plan (Dir. Angus Wilkinson)
The Longest Day of the Year (Dir. Lauren Hoover)
This Uncertain Moment (Dir. Toby Wosskow)
Umbilical (Dir. Elpida Stathatou)
Documentary Short Film
Art Buff (Dir. Hannah Ava Dahl)
Beyond Borders (Dir. Environmental Justice Foundation)
Clown (Dir. Shane O’Neill)
Hanging On (Dir. Alfie Barker)
Nice To Meet You All (Dir. Guen Murroni)
Perpetual Plastic (Dir. Eric Ebner)
Pointe Black (Dir. Rebecca Murray)
The Last English Poacher (Dir. Emma Crome & Peter Emery)
The Phoenix (Dir. James Baines)
The Scarecrows (Dir. Dan Hodgson)
Tictoc (Dir. Mark Waters)
Animated Short Film
Affairs of the Art (Dir. Joanna Quinn)
Black Slide (Dir. Uri Lotan)
Blue Bottle (Dir. Jenny Wright)
Brunch (Dir. Marnik Loysen)
Creepy Pasta Salad (Dir. Lauren Orme)
Cuties (Dir. Theo W Scott)
Footsteps on the Wind (Dir. Gustavo Leal, Faga Melo & Maya Sanbar)
Knot (Dir. Marie Lechevallier)
Monachopsis (Dir. Liesbet van Loon)
Mr Spam Gets a New Hat (Dir. William Joyce)
Night of the Living Dread (Dir. Ida Melum)
Other Half (Dir. Lina Kalcheva)
Peek-A-Boom (Dir. Maya Zankoul & Toni Yammine)
Pile (Dir. Toby Auberg)
She Dreams at Sunrise (Dir. Camrus Johnson)
Stalker (Dir. Ginny Jones)
Step Into The River (Dir. MA Weijia)
To The Last Drop (Dir. Simon Schnellmann)
Treasure (Dir. Samantha Moore)
Student Short Film
Ajotin (Dir. Muhammed Seyyid Yildiz)
And after (Dir. Marine Follonier)
Complicated (Dir. Isak Kohaly)
Contraband (Dir. Anabel Barnston)
Dalía (Dir. Brúsi Ólason)
First One Away (Dir. Zak Harney)
Fourth of July (Dir. Major Dorfman)
It Feels Personal (Dir. Hugh Clegg)
Machi (Dir. Prashanti Aswani)
Man of the Harvest (Dir. Orion Eshel & Luther Clayton)
Meow or Never (Dir. Neeraja Raj)
Monster (Dir. Reiff Gaskell)
One for the Road (Dir. Lynn Hunter)
Precious Bundle (Dir. Kim Angelica Head)
Requiem (Dir. Emma Gilbertson)
Roots (Dir. Ryan Gathorne)
Rubber Gun Club (Dir. Alex Bendo)
The Ark (Dir. Benjamin South)
The Land of Griffons (Dir. Riccardo Soriano)
The Vagina Musical (Dir. Abigail Quinlan)
Wide Open Dreams (Dir. Paulina Jaskiewicz)
You Haven’t Seen What I’ve Seen (Dir. Ewa Lang)
East Anglian Short Film
Absolution (Dir. Duncan Christie)
Guide Me Home (Dir. Stefan Georgiou)
Hiraeth (Dir. Ryan Andrews)
Ice Cream & Doughnuts (Dir. Reece Lipman)
Maximus (Dir. Richard Prendergast)
Rodi (Dir. Rekha Garton)
Village Hours (Dir. Matthew Reed)
One Minute Movie
CHRONOS (Dir. Emmanuel Dubois)
Foresight (Dir. David Yorke)
Meat Market (Dir. Will Kenning)
The Big Top (Dir. Cleo Parker)
The Gnome (Dir. Rory Hern)
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